Clinical depression has been proposed to be an independent risk factor for cardiovascular
disease. While it is suggested that selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) reduce the …

Objective: There are limited data comparing medication strategies in patients with
treatmentresistant depression. In this study, we compared the effects of combining citalopram and …

Background The Neuropsychiatric Inventory—Nursing Home version (NPI–NH) is a modified
version of the Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI). Accurate interpretation of change in the …

This paper explores the dynamic factors involved in the generation of the classical posttraumatic
stress disorder (PTSD) in a population of Black South African political ex-detainees. A …

1 We have studied the regulation of whole‐cell chloride current in T 84 colonic epithelial
cells by inositol 3,4,5,6‐tetrakisphosphate (Ins(3,4,5,6)P 4 ). New information was obtained …

Major depression is prevalent in both the young and old, but presentations may be masked
by irritability or physical complaints. Physicians need to have a high index of suspicion based …

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of olanzapine in a hospitalized geriatric
population that had previously failed to respond to, or tolerate, numerous trials with other …

Publisher Summary This chapter describes the classification and structure of protein tyrosine
kinases (PTKs), their mode of action, their cellular targets, and the processes in which they …

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is an effective treatment of a variety of serious psychiatric
and neurologic disorders. There are infrequent case reports of its use in individuals with …

Objective: To describe the effectiveness and tolerability of mirtazapine, a noradrenergic and
specific serotonergic antidepressant, in the open-label treatment of patients with depression …